To fill the Marcel-sized hole in the festival calendar this year, a recording of last year’s Edinburgh Fringe show, No.
Comedian Jamie MacDonald has been commissioned to write a brand new comedy series for BBC Radio 4. The series will be produced by Richard Melvin for Dabster Productions whose Radio 4 credits include Rosie Jones - Box Ticker, Suggs Love Letters To London, Fred At The Stand and Terry Alderton’s Whole Half Hour.
Rowan Atkinson is one of the names to have signed a joint letter criticising the Scottish Government's proposed Hate Crime Bill.
There are fears that it could have consequences for freedom of artistic expression.
As well as the Blackadder star, more than 20 prominent names have asked for changes to be made to the new legislation. They include crime writers Val McDermid and Christopher Brookmyre, actor Elaine C Smith and playwright Alan Bissett, gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and philosopher A C Grayling,
Comedian Simon Clayton is in hospital after suffering a stroke earlier this week.
His wife, comedian Mary Bourke, has reported on his condition on Facebook. Yesterday she wrote that he had come off the ventilator and was responding to commands.
The comedy community has been quick to offer their support. The couple had already been hit by the loss of work due to Covid19.
Oxford-based comedy club Jericho Comedy is setting up a live show on water on 20th August.
The audience will be seated on boats floating on the river Cherwell. Jericho have been adaptable coming out of lockdown running open air and drive in comedy shows to embrace social distancing and to ensure audience members are as safe as possible, now they have set their sights on putting on a floating comedy club to provide social distancing on boats.
The Shedinburgh Fringe Festival has announced its line-up for 2020. The new online Fringe Festival will feature some of the best Fringe names and newcomers in theatre and comedy broadcast live from sheds across the country. Tickets are now on sale here: www.shedinburgh.com.
To mark the first day of what would have been the 2020 Edinburgh Fringe, the Pleasance Theatre Trust is giving one lucky Fringe fan a chance to win a pair of free tickets to every show at the Pleasance next August. All you need to do is enter their extra special raffle, as part of their Crowdfunder campaign, to be in with a chance of winning the Pleasance Golden Ticket!
Michael Palin is to return to BBC Two to reflect on his landmark travel series, in a new four-part documentary entitled Michael Palin’s Travels.
The series will see Michael take the viewer back in time to encounter the places he visited - extraordinary countries and moments from Around The World In 80 Days, Pole To Pole, Full Circle and Sahara, allowing us to experience them as he did, and hear for the first-time his untold personal stories.
Comedian, writer and podcaster Adam Buxton has announced the rescheduled dates for his book tour that was due to take place this autumn.
Edinburgh Fringe venue the Gilded Balloon has launched its online programme and has also set up a crowdfunder campaign to help those whose work and lives have been hit by the Covid crisis that has caused the annual Fringe Festival to be cancelled this year.
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